Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making
Filed accounts
NACE 10712 · financial year 2025 · 1,811 filed annual accounts| Per financial year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median solvency | 29.9% | 30.9% | 30.4% | 30.8% | 33.1% | 33.1% |
| Median net result | €14,214 | €17,171 | €10,099 | €14,972 | €18,223 | €14,008 |
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Bankruptcies
Recent bankruptcies
| Date | Company |
|---|---|
| 03-11-2026 | BAKKERIJ THIJS
BE 0448.828.601 |
| 03-11-2026 | Patisserie Storms
BE 1008.278.277 |
| 26-10-2026 | ALMAZ HIBA
BE 0794.451.378 |
| 20-10-2026 | LE PETIT FOUR
BE 0742.662.187 |
| 13-10-2026 | Dehossay, Sarah
BE 0696.622.029 · sole trader |
| 13-10-2026 | Keskan
BE 1021.913.113 |
| 30-09-2026 | Pâtisserie Joël MASSAUX
BE 0435.692.821 |
| 24-09-2026 | GRETIE
BE 0448.894.719 |
Spread across the country
by region and province · 2,492 of 4,183 enterprises with a registered office on file · a sole trader has no published seat- Flanders
- Wallonia
- Brussels
- Abroad
The balance sheets of division 10 on the map, by municipality and down to the address
Largest employers
NACE 10712 as first main activity · staff from the latest accounts- 1 PMSWEETDison 282 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 2 Notre Village, accueil résidentiel et de jour, asblBraine-l'Alleud 215 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 3 GOURMANDMouscron 171 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 4 LANTMANNEN UNIBAKE LONDERZEELLonderzeel 168 FTEfinancial year 2025
- 5 Pâtisserie M.SchampCharleroi 161 FTEfinancial year 2025
Joint committees
from the latest accounts of 820 companies- 201 Independent retail 697
- 118 Food industry 543
- 302 Hotels and catering 27
- 220 White-collar workers in the food industry 25
- 119 Food trade 18
- 200 Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers 11
- 100 Auxiliary committee for blue-collar workers 7
- 202 White-collar workers in food retail 5
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- 101 Mining 2
- 124 Construction 2
- 102 Quarries 1
- 112 Garages 1
- 144 Agriculture 1
- 202.01 Medium-sized food businesses 1
- 211 Oil industry and trade 1
- 314 Hairdressing and beauty care 1
- 319 Educational and residential institutions 1
- 319.02 Educational and residential institutions 1
- 329 Socio-cultural sector 1
- 337 Auxiliary committee for the non-profit sector 1
Source: the annual accounts at the National Bank. One filing can name more than one committee.
Division 10: Food products
Related activities
3 other activities| Activity | Registrations | Starters, 12 months | Bankruptcies, 12 months | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacture of food products10711 | 503 | 18 | 10 | 7,004 |
| Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods10720 | 437 | 61 | 4 | 3,410 |
| Manufacture of food products10730 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 446 |
Bankruptcies per year in division 10
| Per year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankruptcies | 116 | 103 | 106 | 107 | 126 | 58 | 68 | 102 | 134 | 97 | 115 | 90 |
| Jobs lost | 1,188 | 578 | 385 | 341 | 893 | 153 | 150 | 364 | 582 | 328 | 440 | 456 |
2026 through September. Every bankruptcy, also of companies that have since left the register. Source: Statbel (Directorate-General Statistics), NACE classification of 2008.
Staff cost per FTE in NACE division 10
1,383 employers| Size | Median | Middle half | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| fewer than 10 FTE | €47,300 | €38,200 to €57,100 | 562 |
| 10 to 49 FTE | €54,200 | €45,000 to €64,500 | 553 |
| 50 to 249 FTE | €63,400 | €56,500 to €75,700 | 211 |
| 250 FTE or more | €74,100 | €66,600 to €86,700 | 57 |
Employers with the highest staff cost per FTE in this division All sectors by staff cost In the Analysis workbench
Running bankruptcies in the sector
NACE division 10Measured nationally: Of 108,606 bankruptcies of legal entities across Belgium, 49% were closed within five years for insufficient assets and 29% after liquidation, 3% were withdrawn. After five years, 20% were still open. Half had ended after 26 months (a quarter after 15, three quarters after 51 months).
This counts companies with this main activity in the register on 5 November 2026. The outcome itself is not measured by sector. The activity of a company that leaves the register after its bankruptcy is too often not kept to compare closed cases fairly.
Foreign control in NACE division 10
5,286 registered companiesSubsidies in this sector
per register · legal entities with an enterprise number- Flemish subsidies €106.5m awarded
- Wallonia-Brussels Federation €745,871 paid
- EU budget €3.5m attributed share
- EU research €3.4m EU contribution
Insights on Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making
Balance sheet and result. Liquidity of 1.09 is below Belgium's 1.66. Solvency of 33.1% is below Belgium's 46.1%. 15.8% of the annual accounts show negative equity, against 12.4% in Belgium.
Bankruptcies. The median bankruptcy probability of 1.0% is above Belgium's 0.2%. In 12 months, 9.8 of 1,000 companies went bankrupt, against 6.2 in Belgium. That is more than in 86% of the 88 NACE divisions.
Inflow and structure. Wallonia holds 27.3% of the seats, against 22.7% in Belgium. Half of the companies are younger than 9.4 years, against 8.1 years in Belgium. This activity holds 43.5% of the registrations of Food products.
Staff and filing. 44.8% of the financial year 2024 accounts were filed late, against 38.4% in Belgium. The 5 largest employers hold 996 of the 6,720 FTE: 14.8%.
Direction. Median solvency rose from 29.9% in financial year 2020 to 33.1% in financial year 2025.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other divisions is as of 05-11-2026 05:30.
Method and sources
Every company registered today counts under its main activities in the KBO. Establishment units do not count. Staff counts once, under the employer's first main activity, from its latest accounts and only where it fits the staff costs. The count follows the NACE 2025 classification, the version in which code 10712 exists.
The bankruptcies over five years count only companies still registered today, because the activity of a company that left the register is not kept. So they are fewer than the bankruptcies of those years, and the figure is not a probability for the future. Over twelve months the count is nearly complete, because a bankrupt company stays registered while its bankruptcy runs. A company with more than one main activity counts in each of those sectors.
The comparison with Belgium as a whole and with the other NACE divisions rests on an overview of every division, counted again each night. Each division is counted in the version of the NACE classification in which it exists. A standing such as "more than in 80%" compares with the other divisions that have the figure. A division's bankruptcy probability is the median over its companies with a score. Belgium here counts the 1,275,887 companies with a main activity, because only those belong to a division. The other 699,448 registrations publish no activity.
Each median is the value of the middle company, computed over the annual accounts of financial year 2025, and is shown only from 30 accounts. A share (loss-making, negative equity) counts that year's accounts with that trait. Accounts are late when they are filed after the statutory deadline. The direction per financial year follows the companies still registered today.